Spay and neuter will control pet population

There are proven no-kill programs that can reduce 90 percent of the current 20,000 killings per year of cats and dogs in Broward County's shelters. These needless deaths are mostly of adoptable, innocent pets.

By sterilizing 45,000 cats and dogs in the county each year through a low-cost spay/neuter program and a trap-neuter-release program, the population of stray, feral and unwanted cats and dogs will plummet within seven years and the number of shelter euthanasias will drop like a stone.

In April 2012, Broward County unanimously passed a resolution to develop and implement a financially feasible No-Kill Strategic Plan with goals and measurable objectives. Unfortunately, the county has not yet implemented the needed programs. Through a public-private-partnership with Broward County and Pets Broward, we can finally become a no-kill county.